Draft report of UN Periodic Human Rights Review - NZ

Thursday, 30 January 2014, 12:20 pm
Press Release: United Nations Human Rights Council

United Nations General Assembly

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29 January 2014

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Human Rights Council
Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review
Eighteenth session
Geneva, 27 January – 7 February 2014

Draft report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review* New Zealand

* The final document will be issued under the symbol A/HRC/26/3. The annex to the present report is circulated as received.

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